Dune Ships SAND Switch Fabric

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. -- Dune Networks, Inc., a provider of next-generation switch-fabric and traffic manager devices, announced the immediate availability of the FE200, the SAND (Scalable Architecture of Networking Devices) switching device. The FE200 is a self-routing switching device that integrates sixty-four (64) full-duplex 3.125 Gbps serial links. The FE200 allows Internet and storage platform vendors for the first time to build future- proof systems that truly scale. Dune Networks is currently shipping the FE200 in sample quantities to its customers.

Vendors employing the FE200 will offer their customers switching systems that dynamically scale from just a few network ports, to tens, hundreds, and thousands of ports. It is based on an innovative and economical architecture, where the customer may start out small, with a low cost starter system, and pay as they grow with no practical limit on the system capacity. The FE200 is the first switching device that enables system vendors to offer a system with a life cycle greater than 10 years instead of the typical two-three years, which has been customary in data-centric applications. "This offering is in line with the plans we announced in October to deliver a scheduled switch fabric that enables 3D scalability," said Ofer Iny, CTO of Dune Networks. "The FE200 makes it possible to build both a 1 to 64 pipes, single-stage switching system and up to 2048 pipes folded three-stage switching fabric. It can accommodate any port rate, with any type, and any service scheme in the same system" "I was intrigued when I first learned of Dune's SAND architecture," said Simon Stanley, principal consultant of Earlswood Marketing Ltd. "The FE200 news proves that Dune Networks is well on its way to delivering on its promise of an innovative solution that may change the way data-communication systems are built" Dune Networks